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Implicit memory is to explicit memory as ________ is to ________.


A) iconic memory;echoic memory
B) automatic processing;effortful processing
C) short-term memory;long-term memory
D) the spacing effect;the testing effect

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following provides a neural basis for learning and remembering conditioned associations?


A) the serial position effect
B) long-term potentiation
C) implicit memory
D) priming

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Lars was feeling depressed at the time of his high school graduation.Lars is especially likely to recall his high school graduation when he is


A) depressed.
B) happy.
C) relaxed.
D) unemotional.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Qiang was asked to memorize a long list of words that included ship,effort,professor,and inquire.He later recalled these words as boat,work,teacher,and question.This best illustrates the impact of


A) source amnesia.
B) the spacing effect.
C) implicit memory.
D) encoding meaning.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Although Yusef was having difficulty recalling the capital of Spain,he quickly and correctly identified it after being given a list of cities in Spain.Yusef's initial inability to recall the answer was due to a failure in


A) implicit memory.
B) storage.
C) encoding.
D) retrieval.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Ebbinghaus' use of nonsense syllables to study memory led to the discovery that


A) the amount remembered depends on the time spent learning.
B) what is learned while in one mood is most easily retrieved when in that same mood.
C) information that is automatically processed is rarely forgotten.
D) our sensory memory capacity is essentially unlimited.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The misinformation effect refers to the


A) basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing memories from conscious awareness.
B) disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.
C) the eerie sense that "I've been in this exact situation before."
D) incorporation of misleading information into one's memory of an event.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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The original Atkinson-Schiffrin three-stage information-processing model introduced distinctions among


A) recall,recognition,and relearning.
B) proactive interference,retroactive interference,and repression.
C) sensory memory,short-term memory,and long-term memory.
D) the serial position effect,the spacing effect,and the testing effect.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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The eerie sense of having previously experienced a current situation is known as


A) the misinformation effect.
B) positive transfer.
C) proactive interference.
D) déjà vu.

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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To remember that a wagon,a baseball,and a doll were items on her Christmas shopping list,Julia formed a vivid mental image of an oversize doll pulling a bright red wagon loaded with baseballs.Julia's strategy best illustrates the use of


A) the spacing effect.
B) the serial position effect.
C) mnemonics.
D) implicit memory.

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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The deep brain structure(s) involved in motor movement and the formation of our memories of learned physical skills is (are) the


A) amygdala.
B) hypothalamus.
C) basal ganglia.
D) hippocampus.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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The recall of sad experiences is often primed by feelings of sadness.This most clearly illustrates


A) the serial position effect.
B) flashbulb memories.
C) implicit memory.
D) mood-congruent memory.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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The tip-of-the-tongue forgetting experienced most often by older adults can best be explained in terms of the greater difficulty older people have with


A) automatic processing.
B) repression.
C) positive transfer.
D) retrieval.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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You are most likely to automatically encode information about


A) politicians' names.
B) friends' birthdays.
C) new web addresses.
D) the sequence of your day's events.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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When 80-year-old Ida looked at one of her old wedding pictures,she was flooded with vivid memories of her parents,her husband,and the early years of her marriage.The picture served as a powerful


A) memory trace.
B) implicit memory.
C) serial position effect.
D) retrieval cue.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Unconsciously encoding incidental information regarding space,time,and frequency best illustrates


A) working memory.
B) the spacing effect.
C) automatic processing.
D) the serial position effect.

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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For a moment after hearing his dog's high-pitched bark,Mr.Silvers has a vivid auditory impression of the dog's yelp.His experience most clearly illustrates ________ memory.


A) short-term
B) iconic
C) implicit
D) echoic

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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In one study,children were periodically asked whether they remembered going to the hospital with a mousetrap on their finger.This experiment best illustrated the dynamics of


A) memory construction.
B) positive transfer.
C) sensory memory.
D) repression.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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After hearing a list of items,peoples' immediate recall of the items is more likely to show a(n) ________ effect than is their later recall of the items.


A) automatic processing
B) recency
C) memory consolidation
D) implicit memory

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Highly durable memories can often be retrieved from ________ memory into ________ memory.


A) sensory;working
B) working;sensory
C) working;long-term
D) long-term;working

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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